No nonsense, Electromatic hollow-body guitars are the perfect real, pure and powerful Gretsch instruments. They’re your next-step Gretsch - bold, dynamic and articulate, and crafted with essential Gretsch sound, style and playability.
Alive and resonant, the G5420TGLH-59 has fully hollow build with a true Filter’Tron™ voice that explodes with a huge punch and clear, strong presence. Like all Electromatic guitars, it delivers the fearless and electrifying authenticity that has set Gretsch apart as the quintessential rock ‘n’ roll guitars from the very beginning. It’s the sound of honor itself—play proud.
Premium features include:
- Dual “Black Top ” Filter’tron humbucking pickups
- Vintage Orange Stain finish
- Gold hardware
- Versatile upgraded controls including master volume treble bleed circuit
- Oversized bound F-holes and aged multi-ply body binding
- Smaller late-’50s G6120 bound headstock
- Graph Tech® NuBone™ nut
- Pearloid Neo-Classic “thumbnail” fingerboard inlays
- Bigsby USA B6L vibrato tailpiece
5-Ply Maple body
Gloss body and neck finish
Oversized bound F-holes and aged multi-ply body binding
Maple neck
"U" shape neck profile
Rosewood fingerboard
Pearloid Neo-Classic Thumbnail inlays
12" fingerboard radius
22 Medium Jumbo frets
Vintage-Style Open-back tuning machines
Secured Rosewood base Adjusto-Matic bridge
USA Bigsby B6CBLH tailpiece
Chrome/Gold/Polished Aluminium hardware
Black Top Filter'Tron neck and bridge pickups
Vol 1, Vol 2, Master Volume with treble Bleed circuit, Master Tone
3-Position Toggle switch
G-Arrow control knobs